9-letter words containing w, a, i, l
- shoalwise — in shoals or large groups
- sidewalks — a walk, especially a paved one, at the side of a street or road.
- slantwise — aslant; obliquely.
- slow gait — (of a horse) a slow rack.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- sprawling — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
- stairwell — the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.
- swaziland — a kingdom in SE Africa between S Mozambique and the E Republic of South Africa: formerly a British protectorate. 6704 sq. mi. (17,363 sq. km). Capital: Mbabane.
- swingtail — denoting an aircraft with a rear portion that can be opened to assist in loading cargo
- swissvale — a city in SW Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River.
- swordtail — any of several small, brightly colored, viviparous, freshwater fishes of the genus Xiphophorus, native to Central America, having the lower part of the caudal fin elongated into a swordlike structure: often kept in aquariums.
- tablewise — in the form of a table or list
- tafelwein — German table wine
- tail away — When a person's voice tails away or tails off, it gradually becomes quieter and then silent.
- tail wind — a wind blowing in the same direction as the course of a ship or aircraft
- tailwater — the water in a tailrace.
- tailwheel — a wheel fitted to the rear of a vehicle, esp the landing wheel under the tail of an aircraft
- tallowish — resembling tallow; tallow-like
- tap swirl — a device used to direct the flow of water from a tap in a sink
- trialware — computer software that can be used free of charge for a limited evaluation period
- ultrawide — extremely wide
- unwarlike — not relating to war
- viewrinal — a urinal with a small screen at eye level which displays advertisements
- waferlike — Having a shape or texture similar to a wafer.
- waggishly — In a waggish manner.
- wagon-lit — (in continental European usage) a railroad sleeping car.
- wailingly — in a wailing manner
- waistbelt — a belt encircling the waist
- waistline — the circumference of the body at the waist: exercises to reduce the waistline.
- waitingly — in a waiting manner
- wakefield — a city in West Yorkshire, in N England: battle 1460.
- walachian — of or relating to the former SE European principality of Walachia (now part of Romania) or its inhabitants
- walk into — If you walk into an unpleasant situation, you become involved in it without expecting to, especially because you have been careless.
- wall-like — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- wallabies — Plural form of wallaby.
- wallachia — a former principality in SE Europe: united with Moldavia (Moldova) to form Romania in 1861. 29,569 sq. mi. (76,585 sq. km). Capital: Bucharest.
- wallensis — Sir William, Wallace, Sir William.
- wallering — (slang, US, pejorative) present participle of waller.
- walloping — a vigorous blow.
- wallowing — to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust.
- walpurgis — Saint, a.d. c710–780, English missionary and abbess in Germany: feast day May 1.
- want list — a list of desired items, as stamps, coins, or books, circulated among dealers by a hobbyist, museum, or collector seeking to locate and purchase them.
- warningly — the act or utterance of one who warns or the existence, appearance, sound, etc., of a thing that warns.
- waspishly — In a waspish manner.
- wassailed — Simple past tense and past participle of wassail.
- wassailer — One who wassails.
- wassailry — revelry
- wastingly — In a way that causes wastage; wastefully.
- watchlist — a list of persons or things to watch for possible action in the future: a watch list of possible growth stocks.
- waterlike — Resembling water.